Santana gaped in astonishment as her and Brittany finally emerged into the Hufflepuff common room. It was unlike anyplace the Latina had been before. Yellow and black banners were strung from the ceiling and ended just before they reached the floor. Leather, fat armchairs surrounded a cozy looking fire. On small table's by the armchairs stood tall mugs which were filled to the top with what looked to be steaming liquid. A soft tune was carried throughout the room by a small harp that rested by the fireplace. Santana reasoned that it must have been charmed to do so.
Santana noticed that there were tunnels in the very back corners of the common room. The brunette slowly walked over to one of the tunnels, tugging Brittany along with her, their pinkies still entwined. Peering down she noticed small candle's lighting the way. At the very end of the tunnel there was a round wooden door with an bronze knocker. Santana smiled to herself as she was reminded of a hobbit's hole. Never had she thought that Rachel Berry deserved to be in Hufflepuff more than she did now.
"That's where the boy's dormitory is Santana, you don't want to go down there." Brittany said, chuckling slightly. The blond let go of Santana's pinkie and beckoned the Latina to follow her over to the fireplace. As they sat down Santana was overcome with warmth. The chair's had been heating up by the fire all night long. Santana could feel herself slowly becoming drowsy as the warmth of the chair over took her body. She was beginning to forget why she had Brittany take her here in the first place.
"Here take this." Brittany whispered, handing Santana one of the mug's. The brunette gratefully grasped the mugs clay handle and drunk greedily. A hot sensation ran down her throat as she began to chug the liquid down, the Latina recongnized this as Firewhiskey. From the corner of her eye Santana could see the blond gazing at her while she gently pressed the glass against her lips and took a sip.
After she was done Santana placed the mug on a small table beside her and turned to Brittany. "Okay, let's get down to business." She said quietly, afraid to wake anybody up. Santana reached into her coat pocket to retrieve the hand drawn map. Once she had fished it out she lay it across a wooden coffee table in front of her. Anxious to see what Santana had stolen Brittany stood up from her chair and sank in next to Santana.
The brunette watched as the puzzled look on Brittany's face turned from confusion to bewilderment as she studied the map closer. As the blond leant in to get a better look her hair fell, concealing her face. "This is brilliant." Santana heard Brittany say as she flipped to another page of the map. "Santana this has like ever secret passageway in Hogwarts labeled on it. Look, there's even a passageway behind the one eyed witch statue that leads to Hogsmeade. We could go there whenever we want to, even at night!" Brittany turned to Santana, a brilliant smile spread across her face.
"Yeah I know. This may just be the best thing I've ever found." Santana said as she reached for another glass of Firewhiskey and began to down it. "Look here's the kitchen. I bet we could sneak in and get great food anytime we wanted!" Santana whispered excitedly. Between the proximity of her and Brittany Santana was becoming particularly giddy. And as she turned to face Brittany she was overcome with the sudden need to spill her feeling's to the tall beauty. 'Damn alcohol'. She thought bitterly, moving so that she was staring into the fire.
"You know. I am sort of hungry and from the look's of it the kitchen isn't very far away from here." Brittany muttered tracing her finger down a drawn corridor on the map that led from the Hufflepuff common room to the kitchen. It looked as though the kitchen was right down the hallway. Santana reasoned that it was more than likely behind the painting of the bowl of fruit. "I think we should go." Brittany stated, standing up and pulling Santana's hand along with her.
"Yeah, sure. What ever make's you happy. Not that I'm not happy with going to the kitchen. But it's just cool that you really want some food..."
'Oh god that may have been the lamest thing I have said all night.' Santana thought, becoming slightly angry with herself. It wasn't her fault that she was slightly buzzed and making worse decisions than she usually would. Okay maybe it was.
Before she knew it Santana was being dragged down the broad stone corridor, right outside the Hufflepuff common room. The wall's were brightly lit with torches, and decorated with cheerful paintings that were mainly of food. As the reached the end of the corridor Santana found herself staring up at the giant painting of fruit in a large silver bowl.
"How do we get in?" Brittany asked, mainly to herself as she stared down at the map with a quizzical look on her face. "Tickle the fruit?" She muttered. "That can't mean literally, can it?" Santana watched as Brittany reached up towards the painting, stretched out her forefinger and tickled a huge green pair. Santana gaped in astonishment as the fruit began to laugh, and suddenly a large green door appeared where the fruit had just been. Brittany seized a handle that was attached to the door and pulled it open. For the third time that night the blond reached for Santana's hand and pulled her through.
Santana gazed in amazement at the room they had emerged into. It was enormous and high-ceilinged, mounds of glittering brass pots and pans were heaped around the stone walls, and large brick fireplace was at the other end of the room from where her and Brittany stood. As Santana looked around she noticed that the room had four very large, long tables in the center of it. These table's were positioned right under the Great Hall. Santana figured that during meal times the table's down here must be lined with food before they are magicked to the table's above.
Something very small then crashed into Santana's leg. Looking down she saw a flash of a bald head with big floppy ears before it scurried away. Scrunching up her nose Santana looked around thoroughly confused with what was going on. But when she looked up and saw Brittany with her eye's wide and her mouth slightly agape she became very aware of their current situation. Of course, the house-elves made the food for the students. It was only logically that they would be in the kitchen's preparing tomorrow's breakfast.
Bewildered that she hadn't noticed it before, Santana's eyes traveled around the kitchen. The Latina felt slightly taken aback as she finally noticed the thousands of little creatures which were currently scurrying around, pots filled with different delicacies clutched in their small hands. Any of the elves that took notice to Santana and Brittany's presence bowed and curtseyed as they walked by. They were all wearing uniforms which looked like dirty pillow cases with the Hogwarts crest stamped in the middle. At least they looked to be in better condition than Santana's house-elf at her own house. That creature had to be at least a thousand years old. It wore a dirty potato sack for clothing which looked to be just as old as the house-elf himself.
"Would you two lady's like any tea?" A small voice squeaked from Brittany's left side. Santana watched as Brittany knelt down and happily nodded at the small elf. Instantly, about six house-elves came trotting toward them, bearing a silver tray laden with a teapot, cups for Brittany and Santana, a milk jug, and a large plate of biscuits.
"How neat is this?" Santana said, kneeling down and taking a biscuit. "Is this where you guy's live?" Santana asked curiously as she bit down on the baked good.
"Yes miss, we house-elves are alway's put to work you see, it is a joy being here in the castle. We elves are quite lucky to be looked after by a great wizard such as Albus Dumbledore." The house-elf said, beaming up at Santana. "It is quite a treat when student's wander in to visit us. It alway's is quite fun to serve the good witches and wizards which attend here at this school. You see it is our top priority to make everybody happy. We never know if we are truly bringing joy to our master's until they wander in here and we are able to tend to them first hand."
Santana nodded at this as she stuffed the rest of the biscuit into her mouth, crumbs falling onto her cloak. She knew very well the extent in which house elves are willing to go to please their masters. They enjoy nothing more than being praised, a slight reward for all their hard work.
"But don't you guy's ever wish you were free?" Brittany questioned. At these words many house elves stopped what they were doing and turned to face Brittany, eyeing her as though she had said something terribly rude.
"Oh no miss. We house-elves live to serve. Why, if we were set free there would be nothing for us to do." It spoke as if this was the most obvious thing in the world and Brittany looked slightly taken aback.
"Well it is terribly sweet of you all to do this for us. If it make's you guys so happy to have visitor's then it would be my pleasure to come down here more often. My dorm is close by and I would have no trouble sneaking out." Brittany smiled at the elf as a grin broke across it's face.
"Miss, that would be spectacular. It is a rare treat a rare treat indeed to see students. It would be ever so kind of you to come and visit us." The elf grasped Brittany's hand and shook it muttering his thanks. "But if you will excuse me for now I have lot's of work to do." At that the house-elf waved goodbye and scurried away.
As Brittany and Santana prepared to take their leave, many of the surrounding elves pressed in upon them, offering snacks to take back with them. The girls loaded their pockets and climbed back through the painting.
"Well that was interesting." Santana stated as they walked back through the portrait of the plump man.
"I can't believe they don't want to be freed!" Brittany said, scoffing at the fact that freedom was offered and then refused. "I just need to be able to show them that life is better when you aren't serving people."
Santana smiled at the adorableness that was Brittany. Who knew a girl could get so flustered over dumb house-elves. "How about this, since Christmas is coming up we could do something for them. Make present's or something." Santana offered to the blond, looking her in the eyes. "I bet they would love a gift. We could make homemade cookies or knit sweaters."
Brittany smiled and wrapped her arm's tightly around the brunette's waist. "That sound's like a great idea Santana." She muttered, smiling as the Latina returned the embrace. "You should stay the night." Brittany said softly as she pulled away from Santana.
Santana could feel her better judgement slipping away once again. She was still slightly drunk from the alcohol. And with the harp playing lightly in the background while candle's flickered dimly over head Santana reasoned that it would be a great idea to stay the night. With the way Brittany was looking at her, her hair slightly falling out of it's ponytail, her mouth slightly open and her cheek's flushed Santana literally could not resist the temptation.
"Lead the way." She said, to this Brittany slightly squealed and began to pull Santana down one of the tunnels.
Inside the dormitory was very dark and Santana could not see where she was going. Luckily she had Brittany by her side to guide her in the right direction.
"This is my bed." She felt Brittany mutter softly into her ear before pushing her down onto the four poster. The bed wasn't any different from the ones in the Slytherin dormitory, other than the fact that the blankets were more than likely decked in yellow and black rather than green and silver.
Santana's ears perked up as she heard Brittany's clothes collide with the floor. 'God, why are you torturing me like this?' Santana thought to herself as she wiggled out of her cloak and black dress pants. She then unbuttoned her collared shirt but decided to keep it on.
Santana then lay down on the bed and pulled the thick covered up over her body. They smelled slightly like Brittany and the Latina smiled at this.
Almost to suddenly Santana was aware that Brittany's weight now rested next to her. Blushing furiously she felt Brittany's long arm's wrap around her, pulling their body's flush against one another's. "You know," Santana bit her lip as Brittany's soft long legs entwined with her own, "no matter how weird this may sound I think you're really hot." Brittany stated bluntly, her mouth pressed to the crook of Santana's neck.
"Y-y-you do? I mean you're like really pretty too. Do you roll that way, no of course you don't. I mean look at you you're way to-". Santana was silences as she felt Brittany's mouth press against her own.
They stayed like that for a few second's before Santana pulled away, shocked at what had just occured. 'Just an innocent kiss, that was all that was. She probably does that with all her friends'. But as Brittany grabbed the back of Santana's head and crashed their heated mouths together once more a little innocent kiss turned into several deeper more passionate ones.
Santana was absolutely lost in Brittany. Her pretty pink lips were so smooth and soft. Her mouth tasted sweet and warm. Her little pink tongue moved in ways Santana had never dreamed it could, things she'd never even thought of. It brushed lightly on the back of her teeth, and all over the sensitive roof of her mouth, flickering and swirling, going from wide and flat to thin and pointed in an instant. Santana wondered how many boys or girls Brittany had, had to have kissed to flick her tongue like that.
Everything in Santana's head in that instant seemed so fogged.
Santana pulled Brittany close to her, her arms wrapping neatly around the small of her waist, dragging her fingers along it slowly as she moved, making Brittany smile against her mouth. In response to the Latina she held Santana close as well, one long arm draped around her bronze shoulders and the other stroking up and down the line of her jaw. Brittany lay a few chaste kisses there making Santana shudder.
Santana ran her hands across Brittany's smooth back. The girl was wearing nothing but her panties and bra. The contours of her back and chest were just so perfect and gentle. She wanted to learn them with her eyes closed, to be able to attach the feel to the image of Brittany. She always remained careful however not to get too carried away with her touches. After all she really didn't know what was going on between them at this moment. They had just officially met earlier that day and yet here they were making out with more desire and passion than Santana had ever felt before in her life.
Brittany lay a barrage of openmouthed kisses over Santana's hair, face, and neck, and pressed herself so close Santana could feel the thundering beat of her heart matching her own.
Every nerve in Santana's body felt like it was on fire. Things were spinning, the air was hot. She was trying so hard to put her thoughts in some sort of coherent order but couldn't. She felt primal, animal, lustful and she couldn't think straight.
But as soon as it had began Brittany was pulling away. She felt the blond nuzzle her face into her hair and breath in deeply. Brittany's arm's were still wrapped around Santana's waist and she held her close. "Wow." She muttered.
In her mind the Latina agreed whole heartedly with that simple word. Never in her entire life had she thought that she would actually have the opportunity to kiss Brittany Pierce. And as the blond beauty began to breath heavily and drift off into a world of sleep Santana decided that as long as Brittany was willing she was going to do everything in her power to keep the blond by her side.
Each moment that she had spent with Brittany that day had been new and exciting. They were just beginning to learn thing's about each other, and Santana was determined to know everything about the beautiful Hufflepuff girl laying beside her. The Latina knew that that kiss had been just the beginning. As Santana closed her eyes she smiled thinking about what the future would hold for them.
Wahoo! An UPDATE! I feel like this chapter was rushed... It may have not come out that great because it is SO late and I am SO exhausted lol. But here it is anyway. Thank you all so much for the reviews! Stay in tune for many adventure's to come. I am promising, new found secrets around the castle. More adventures with Quinn, Rachel and Puck. QUIDDITCH! Visit's to Hogsmeade! Getting lost in the forbidden forest. Christmas time and much much more. Keep giving me ideas too guys, you all have bloody brilliant imaginations. R&R Thanks A LOT!